Ko Ngati Kahungunu te iwi Ko Kaa toku papa Ko Jaylin toku mama Ko Ella raua ko Omi aku tuahine Ko Isaiah raua ko Conner raua ko Kyros raua ko Acheron aku tungane Ko Heretaunga toku kainga Ko Riverslea toku kura Ko Hineawe taku ingoa No reira tena koutou tena koutou tena koutou katoa
My Goals 2016
1. 2. 3.
2015
My Goals 2015
1. Learn to read stories up to Level 18. 2. Learn to count up to 100. 3. Learn to ride a bike on the Pump Track.
Nov/Dec
Inquiry, ICT Visitors and Visiting.
A busy couple of months with lots of action and learning in Room 1. The Firemen visited us to teach us about fire safety. We know to get down, get low, get out fast. We also learnt lots when the Mobile Learning Centre came to Riverslea School. We used Robots,3D google cardboard,3D printers and ipads and apple computers.It was fun, we learnt lots and all had turns at using everything. We have been finding out all sorts of interesting things about space and the Solar system and planets in our Inquiry T4.We visited the Planetarium as well. The Hakinakina Athletics and Tabloids were fun. We also had a swim there. We had some fun end of year activities too like visiting and playing at the new playground at Windsor park. We also had a Wet and Wild fun day. We loved our Xmas glasses, our Secret Santas and all the candy canes and chocolate Santas we kept getting. Lots of us achieved our goals in learning. 2015 was a great year. Miharo is awesome. Merry Xmas everyone.
Swimming at Hakinakina Sports. Mobile learning with ipads computers and coding.
Wet and Wild fun at school. Playing on the new playground at Windsor Park.
I like learning new things on computers and ipads.
We had fun at the Hakinakina Sports and the playground at Windsor Park and the Wet and Wild day.
I am reading up to Level 16/17 now. I used to be at Level 4 at the beginning of the year.
I can write great stories by myself now and spell words. I can also add and take away in Maths.
I can count up to 100. I am great at riding a bike now too.
(Hineawe)
October
Trips learning and fun.
We have had lots of learning and fun in Room 1 again this month. We have still been learning lots with our buddies and enjoying using the ipads for learning new things. We have learnt about Augumented Reality . That is when the pictures we look at with the ipad stand out and move. I like the alphabet animals and the dinosaurs They are cool. We have been involved in Nga Toi. We are making panels to put on the bike container. We showed our wheku masks at Assembly. Everyone liked them. We have been having a focus for Inquiry on ‘The Solar System’. We are learning lots of things about space and planets. It is really interesting. We are still making great progress in Reading, Writing and Maths. Some of us have gone up 12 levels in Reading this year already. Mr Twinn came to visit us again the other day. He showed us lots of photos of his trip to Scotland and England. We liked the castles and big mountain that he climbed (Ben Nevis) best of all. Our two trips were awesome. Look at the photos on our wikis and the school Facebook. The Omnigym was great .We learnt how to do lots of activities and use lots of equipment like bars, mats, benches, tramps, ropes and beams. We all loved the Fun trip to the Skatepark. We had fun on scooters and skateboards and on the playground. Room 1 is Miharo and we are awesome.
Citizenship award T3 assembly. Augumented Reality on the ipad
Learning on the ipad.Heavy and Light
Playground at the skatepark.Wheku masks at Assembly
Omnigym
I liked the Omnigym and getting my certificate best.(Hineawe)
The children continued to learn both in books and on the ipads. They were involved in making art panels for the Bike shed in Nga Toi. They also started Jump Jam for Fitness every morning as a whole school. The trip to the Omnigym and Skatepark helped reinforce physical activity skills and fun (Mrs B)
September
Lots to learn and do.
In September we have still been learning and having fun in Room 1. We enjoy using the ipads for learning new things especially on SkoolBo. Hemara got a trophy, for the school, from them for getting 10,000 points. PMP is nearly finished. We have learnt lots of new activities and skills. We have finished our Inquiry “All About Me,” on ourselves and our whanau and friends and our healthy bodies. We know lots of things about our Inquiry now. We got some great results for reading and writing and Maths this term and have made some excellent progress in those areas. The best fun was the Hakinakina Cross country. We got 1st (Van) 2nd (Boyden) and 3rd (Hemara) in the Year 2 boys and 2nd (Hohepa) in the Year 1 Boys. The girls ran well too. The Duffy Role Model Assembly was great with Rob Mokoraka. We also got our Duffy books which were fabulous. Room 1 is Miharo and we are awesome.
The Hakinakina Cross Country and PMP inside on a wet day.
Learning 'All About Me', in our Inquiry. Singing the Duffy song at our book assembly.
I am learning lots on the ipads.I loved PMP but its finished now. I like my Duffy books too. I did the actions for the song in front of the school at the Duffy Assembly. My goals are higher now as I am nearly up to them. I liked the Hakinakina Cross Country best. I got 8th. (Hineawe)
I like all the things that the students get involved in. Was very proud of the tamariki at the Hakinakina sports. PMP has stopped because of the price. I am going to hook into some training so that next year I can present the programme independently. ipad app learning is going well. I introduce an app and then let the students try it out themselves. Often they can come back 15 minutes later and show me something that I did not know. Hineawe is at Level 14 in Reading now and has gone up from Level 3 since she started at Riverslea in February She can write 1 page of story independently and is at Stage 3 Maths.(Mrs B)
July/August
Visitors and learning
July and August have been great months for learning and fun in Room 1. We have been learning lots with our buddies and enjoying using the ipads for learning new things as well as fun activities like PMP. We had a Sports day with the Hastings City Council and leaders came such as Henare OKeefe (Duffy Books)and Paddy Stafford (Tamatea Rugby Club) as well as a policewoman and other helpers. They cooked us a sausage sizzle for lunch and we played lots of great games too. Paddy also donated some Rugby balls for us to use. We have been involved in Nga Toi. We loved making our wheku masks. They look cool and scary. We have been having a focus for Inquiry on ourselves and our whanau and friends and our healthy bodies this term. Hearty from the Heart foundation came to visit our school and ran around the track with the children. We were lucky as Mrs Donaldson and her daughter Michelle raised money for new sports equipment for the Junior school. We love all the new gear. We are becoming amazing at reading and writing and Maths this term and have made some great progress in that area. Room 1 is Miharo and we are awesome.
I love learning and playing sports with my friends.
Hearty is running with us. I am holding my brother Acheron. My colourful wheku mask.
I am balancing at PMP
I liked the Sports day. We had lots of fun. I liked getting my face painted. I like PMP too. Its fun too. Hearty talked about being healthy. My mask is colourful. The best thing I like is playing and learning with my friends. (Hineawe)
We had lots of fun activities again in July and August. I spent these months supporting the children in all the activities such as sports days and Hearty's visit. We had lots of fun making wheku masks. They looked amazing. The children wrote stories about them and put them up on the wall. The tamariki are learning a lot on the ipads to help their progress in reading, writing and Maths. (Mrs Bennett)
June
Lots of fun connections and activities.
June was another amazing month in Room 1 (Miharo) We watched the Bike container being shifted by a huge crane. We are going to put Art (Nga Toi) all over it and make it a feature of our school. We were involved in the Preschool opening. Room 1 helped make pizzas for the kai and sung waiata after the speeches. We had the Duffy Theatre visit and got our Duffy books. We learnt Te Reo Kori with Sport HB and went in a school Te Reo Kori tournament. We went in a Hakinakina Rippa Rugby tournament with other schools. We won lots of games. We Skyped Mr Twinn at his Dad’s place in Scotland. We all asked him questions and showed him pictures. He sent us photos too. It was 10.30pm at night over there and 9.30am in the morning in NZ. June was another awesome month in Room 1, Miharo.
We helped make pizzas for the Preschool opening. The Duffy Theatre was cool. I liked the string games. We won lots of games in Rippa Rugby.
We skyped Mr Twinn in Scotland.
I liked lots of things. I like the Duffy Theatre. They were funny.I got my new Duffy book. We were good at Rippa Rugby . We won most of the games. I liked making pizzas. They were yum. I could do lots of shapes in Te Reo Kori with the string games. The best thing was Skyping Mr Twinn.He showed us outside his house in Scotland (Hineawe)
We had lots of fun activities this month.I spent the month supporting the children in all the activities and helping organise many of them such as kai for the preschool opening(Our class made pizzas), The Duffy Theatre,The Hakinakina Rippa Rugby between 4 other schools and Skyping Mr Twinn (our ex Student Teacher) in Scotland (Mrs Bennett)
May
May saw Mr Twinn, Student Teacher and Matua Torp as part of Room 1. We had lots of adventures and learning. We were involved in lots of fun things. We shared some of our experiences through ,Write about it and Book Creator ipad apps. Some of those connections, which is what our Inquiry is about this term, were our trip to Mr McFarlane’s farm where we saw sheep, cows ,bulls and a helicopter. Seeing Whaea Anne and Harold the giraffe in the Life Education truck taught us about not bullying and being nice to others. We had an artist Matua Brandon Blair who came to school to talk about that and get us to draw posters too. We learnt about and practised using our WITS (Walk away, Ignore, Tell someone eg a teacher and make a Statement eg ‘Stop it ,I don’t like it.”) from Mrs Bennett. Some students made connections with Matua Manu and did Nga Toi, making kowhaiwhai patterns on rocks. We made other connections with the Preschool, Mrs Donaldson, the librarian, our whanau, Mr Twinn, Matua Torp, our buddies from other classes eg Buddy reading and sharing in oral language in R1, and Greg Murphy a formula 1 racing car driver (Whaea Monique-student teacher in R2s husband), who came to school to speak to us and show us all his racing gear. Hohepa tried on his $5,000 helmet. We also had a school party to say goodbye to Mr Twinn and Whaea Monique who had been student teachers at our school for 7 weeks. It was sad to see them go.We hope they come back and visit us. One of our biggest connections was using Skype. We connected to Mr Twinn’s Dad in Scotland. It was 10.30pm at night over there and 9.30am in the morning in NZ. He showed us the model planes that he flies and that we had seen on videos on youtube. He also showed us a picture of Mr Twinn as a little boy. We showed him the planes that we had made and sung him our new Riverslea song andTutira Mai Nga Iwi. We liked it when the circus came to visit us too. The performers could do all sorts of tricks. May was an awesome month in Room 1, Miharo.
Farm visit, ipads and connections
Making connections with Mr MacFarlane at the farm. In the Life Education truck with Whaea Anne learning about being nice to others and not bullying.
Making Finger Puppets. Working with my buddy when a dinosaur walked past.
Writing a stories on the ipad apps Write about It and Book Creator with my buddy.
Watching the circus and doing Jump Rope for Heart with the Preschool.
Working with a buddy sharing ideas.
We had fun doing lots of things. I liked the trip to the Farm. I amgetting good on the ipads now. I am nearly at my goal in reading. I am just starting Level 10 . I have gone up in Maths to Stage 2 and can write 3 sentences and try and spell words by myself. I liked Skyping Mr Twinn's Dad too. I did the Jump Rope for Heart with the preschool. My Mum and Dad came to watch me. Mum has had her baby now. He is my brother and is called Matariki (Hineawe)
Hineawe has gone up 4 levels in reading this year and is making steady progress. She has gone up to stage 2 in Maths and is developing independence in storywriting. Next I want to accelerate her reading progress. She is working in a group with me and Miss Hall also. I also want to extend her writing and Maths skills. She enjoys learning and always tries her best. Lots of praise and positive reinforcement and motivating work will help her continue to accelerate her progress. (Mrs B)
April
We have started studying Matariki this term and our focus is on Connections. We are going to have lots of fun making connections everywhere. Next week we are going to a farm where Mr Twinn, the student teacher in R1 used to work. We will make connections with the Farmer Mr McFarlane and the animals. We have made connections already with the Riverslea Preschool and with Toni Ben and Graham who come to help us do PMP activities for fitness and coordination. We also made connections with Wendy and Bridget from the Hastings council. We picked up Litter around our school. It was cool meeting Jocelyn Cowan who gave our school a certificate for being Sunsmart. We also had Whaea Korina our Health Nurse talking about Healthy Foods at Assembly. We will make lots of other connections this term. We know what reading levels we are at and have been doing Geometry and Time in Maths. We know o’clock and half past. We are all improving in our reading. We are learning to count and do addition in Maths now. We are still learning to write FABULOUS stories. We liked Easter as we made Easter eggs and had lots of chocolate. We also made a Comic Life about our Geometry shapes that we found outside around the school and learnt how to make a Puppet Pal presentation on the ipads. Matua Torp is now working in our class too helping all the tamariki. (Mrs B)
I likedmaking Easter eggs. I decorated mine with a vivid.; I am getting better at reading. I am nearly on Level 9 now. I was on Level 3 when I came to Riverslea ( in Feb) I want to write longer stories in writing My goal is to spell lots of my own words in my stories. I found diamond shapes in the fence outside taking photos on the ipads in Maths. I liked picking up the Litter. I like balancing on the round thingees in PMP. (Hineawe)
I want to further extend Hineawe in reading. She is now making steady progress. Her reading group gets extra support from a Teachers aide. I want to also extend her interest in spelling most of her own words in story-writing. Next we will also extend her counting on and developing imaging skills in Mathematics. (Mrs B)
Maths, PMP,Connections.
A Comic Life with Hemara showing photos of shapes we found outside. Decorating my Easter egg.
Picking up Litter with Whaea Wendy from the Council and Mrs Bennett. Balancing on the stilts in PMP.
March
We have had another busy but fun month in March , with lots of different things happening. We went to the Hakinakina swimming sports at the Aquatic centre on a bus. We swam with Whare Tapere, Bridge Pa and Mangateretere. We had fun and loved all the games and free swim. In the Seniors Exzodia and Mohi-Tarau got lots of certificates. We got some new lego in the class and had lots of fun building all sorts of things. We also went on a class trip as we are studying Turangawaewae. We went to the Transfer Station at Flaxmere. We looked at all the Recycling and the rubbish. We helped Mrs Versey sort out some recycling and put them in the right bins. We saw all the rubbish and know what happens to it now. Afterwards we went to the Hastings skatepark and playground. We enjoyed it there going up and down all the ramps. We brought our scooters and had lunch there too. Mrs Versey also came to school and showed us how to make recycled paper. It came out grey. We also had Mr Mac and Doug the Digger come to Riverslea again for another Role Model Assembly for Duffy.We got our Duffy books and saw Mr Macs big truck. We had the Police, Firemen and Ambulance people come and visit us too. That was really cool. (Mrs B & R1)
I liked the Transfer Station and all the recycling. I made a house with the lego. I liked my Duffy books I'm good on my scooter.I am fast. I was fast at swimming too. It was cold in the water.(Hineawe)
Recycling, Swimming and Learning
I liked the swimming.I made a house with the lego
On my scooter at the skatepark. I liked the fire engine when it came to school.
I recycled plastic at the Transfer Station. I am doing Mahi Toi with Matua Manu
February
What a busy but fun start to the school year Room 1 has had. We have had fun improving our skills on the bike track. That is a goal of many in the class. We have had lots of testing to see what progress we have made and where to next. We have set our 3 goals and are trying to achieve them. We are studying Turangawaewae and focussing on our environment. Room 1, Miharo, are looking at Recycling. We know what reading levels we are at and can now do graphs in Maths. We are learning to count and do addition in Maths now. We are also learning to write FABULOUS stories. Below are pictures of the bike track and / or us on ipads learning Literacy and Numeracy on our new app SkoolBo. Also a picture of the graphs that we can do and a story that we each wrote. Miharo is cool. Miharo is awesome. (Mrs B)
I can ride on the Pump Track now but go on the little hills. I like SkoolBo and other learning apps on the ipad . I am getting faster at running. I am learning to spell some of my own words in my stories. I am at Level 8 in Reading. I was at Level 6 when I came to Riverslea. I am getting really good at Maths too. I am at Stage 2. (Hineawe)
Next goals for Hineawe are to write 3 sentences spelling some of her own words in story writing. Hineawe is counting well up to 30. She needs to extend this to reach her goal of 100 in Maths. With lots of positive reinforcement and praise and modelling she will improve in those areas. She is making good progress and enjoys using the ipads to learn. She is also getting better on the Pump track but still likes going on the smaller hills. ( Mrs B)
Hineawe riding on the bike track. Hineawe learning Maths and Literacy on the ipad app SkoolBo. Hineawe with her buddy from R2 learning how to do a Comic Life story. Hineawe writing 2 sentences in a story, with spelling help. Hineawe's Maths bar graph on animals.
Table of Contents
2016
Pepeha
Ko Ngati Kahungunu te iwiKo Kaa toku papa
Ko Jaylin toku mama
Ko Ella raua ko Omi aku tuahine
Ko Isaiah raua ko Conner raua ko Kyros raua ko Acheron aku tungane
Ko Heretaunga toku kainga
Ko Riverslea toku kura
Ko Hineawe taku ingoa
No reira
tena koutou
tena koutou
tena koutou
katoa
My Goals 2016
1.2.
3.
2015
My Goals 2015
1. Learn to read stories up to Level 18.2. Learn to count up to 100.
3. Learn to ride a bike on the Pump Track.
Nov/Dec
Inquiry, ICT Visitors and Visiting.
A busy couple of months with lots of action and learning in Room 1.
The Firemen visited us to teach us about fire safety.
We know to get down, get low, get out fast.
We also learnt lots when the Mobile Learning Centre came to Riverslea School.
We used Robots,3D google cardboard,3D printers and ipads
and apple computers.It was fun, we learnt lots and all had turns at using everything.
We have been finding out all sorts of interesting things about space
and the Solar system and planets in our Inquiry T4.We visited the Planetarium as well.
The Hakinakina Athletics and Tabloids were fun. We also had a swim there.
We had some fun end of year activities too like visiting
and playing at the new playground at Windsor park.
We also had a Wet and Wild fun day.
We loved our Xmas glasses, our Secret Santas
and all the candy canes and chocolate Santas we kept getting.
Lots of us achieved our goals in learning.
2015 was a great year.
Miharo is awesome.
Merry Xmas everyone.
Swimming at Hakinakina Sports. Mobile learning with ipads computers and coding.
Wet and Wild fun at school. Playing on the new playground at Windsor Park.
I like learning new things on computers and ipads.
We had fun at the Hakinakina Sports and the playground at Windsor Park and the Wet and Wild day.
I am reading up to Level 16/17 now. I used to be at Level 4 at the beginning of the year.
I can write great stories by myself now and spell words. I can also add and take away in Maths.
I can count up to 100. I am great at riding a bike now too.
(Hineawe)
October
Trips learning and fun.
We have had lots of learning and fun in Room 1 again this month.
We have still been learning lots with our buddies
and enjoying using the ipads for learning new things.
We have learnt about Augumented Reality .
That is when the pictures we look at with the ipad stand out and move.
I like the alphabet animals and the dinosaurs They are cool.
We have been involved in Nga Toi. We are making panels to put on the bike container.
We showed our wheku masks at Assembly. Everyone liked them.
We have been having a focus for Inquiry on ‘The Solar System’.
We are learning lots of things about space and planets. It is really interesting.
We are still making great progress in Reading, Writing and Maths.
Some of us have gone up 12 levels in Reading this year already.
Mr Twinn came to visit us again the other day.
He showed us lots of photos of his trip to Scotland and England.
We liked the castles and big mountain that he climbed (Ben Nevis) best of all.
Our two trips were awesome. Look at the photos on our wikis and the school Facebook.
The Omnigym was great .We learnt how to do lots of activities
and use lots of equipment like bars, mats, benches, tramps, ropes and beams.
We all loved the Fun trip to the Skatepark.
We had fun on scooters and skateboards and on the playground.
Room 1 is Miharo and we are awesome.
Citizenship award T3 assembly. Augumented Reality on the ipad
Learning on the ipad.Heavy and Light
Playground at the skatepark.Wheku masks at Assembly
Omnigym
I liked the Omnigym and getting my certificate best.(Hineawe)
The children continued to learn both in books and on the ipads.
They were involved in making art panels for the Bike shed in Nga Toi.
They also started Jump Jam for Fitness every morning as a whole school.
The trip to the Omnigym and Skatepark helped reinforce physical activity skills and fun
(Mrs B)
September
Lots to learn and do.
In September we have still been learning and having fun in Room 1.We enjoy using the ipads for learning new things especially on SkoolBo.
Hemara got a trophy, for the school, from them for getting 10,000 points.
PMP is nearly finished. We have learnt lots of new activities and skills.
We have finished our Inquiry “All About Me,” on ourselves and our whanau
and friends and our healthy bodies. We know lots of things about our Inquiry now.
We got some great results for reading and writing and Maths this term
and have made some excellent progress in those areas.
The best fun was the Hakinakina Cross country. We got 1st (Van) 2nd (Boyden) and 3rd (Hemara)
in the Year 2 boys and 2nd (Hohepa) in the Year 1 Boys. The girls ran well too.
The Duffy Role Model Assembly was great with Rob Mokoraka.
We also got our Duffy books which were fabulous.
Room 1 is Miharo and we are awesome.
The Hakinakina Cross Country and PMP inside on a wet day.
Learning 'All About Me', in our Inquiry. Singing the Duffy song at our book assembly.
I am learning lots on the ipads.I loved PMP but its finished now.
I like my Duffy books too. I did the actions for the song in front of the school at the Duffy Assembly.
My goals are higher now as I am nearly up to them.
I liked the Hakinakina Cross Country best. I got 8th.
(Hineawe)
I like all the things that the students get involved in.
Was very proud of the tamariki at the Hakinakina sports.
PMP has stopped because of the price.
I am going to hook into some training so that next year I can present
the programme independently.
ipad app learning is going well.
I introduce an app and then let the students try it out themselves.
Often they can come back 15 minutes later and show me something that I did not know.
Hineawe is at Level 14 in Reading now and has gone up from Level 3
since she started at Riverslea in February
She can write 1 page of story independently and is at Stage 3 Maths.(Mrs B)
July/August
Visitors and learning
July and August have been great months for learning and fun in Room 1.
We have been learning lots with our buddies and enjoying using the ipads
for learning new things as well as fun activities like PMP.
We had a Sports day with the Hastings City Council and leaders came such as
Henare OKeefe (Duffy Books)and Paddy Stafford (Tamatea Rugby Club) as well as
a policewoman and other helpers. They cooked us a sausage sizzle for lunch
and we played lots of great games too. Paddy also donated some Rugby balls for us to use.
We have been involved in Nga Toi. We loved making our wheku masks. They look cool and scary.
We have been having a focus for Inquiry on ourselves and
our whanau and friends and our healthy bodies this term.
Hearty from the Heart foundation came to visit our school and ran around the track with the children.
We were lucky as Mrs Donaldson and her daughter Michelle
raised money for new sports equipment for the Junior school. We love all the new gear.
We are becoming amazing at reading and writing and Maths this term
and have made some great progress in that area.
Room 1 is Miharo and we are awesome.
I love learning and playing sports with my friends.
Hearty is running with us. I am holding my brother Acheron. My colourful wheku mask.
I am balancing at PMP
I liked the Sports day. We had lots of fun.
I liked getting my face painted.
I like PMP too. Its fun too.
Hearty talked about being healthy. My mask is colourful.
The best thing I like is playing and learning with my friends.
(Hineawe)
We had lots of fun activities again in July and August.
I spent these months supporting the children in all the activities
such as sports days and Hearty's visit.
We had lots of fun making wheku masks. They looked amazing.
The children wrote stories about them and put them up on the wall.
The tamariki are learning a lot on the ipads to help their progress in reading, writing and Maths.
(Mrs Bennett)
June
Lots of fun connections and activities.
June was another amazing month in Room 1 (Miharo)
We watched the Bike container being shifted by a huge crane.
We are going to put Art (Nga Toi) all over it and make it a feature of our school.
We were involved in the Preschool opening.
Room 1 helped make pizzas for the kai and sung waiata after the speeches.
We had the Duffy Theatre visit and got our Duffy books.
We learnt Te Reo Kori with Sport HB and went in a school Te Reo Kori tournament.
We went in a Hakinakina Rippa Rugby tournament with other schools. We won lots of games.
We Skyped Mr Twinn at his Dad’s place in Scotland.
We all asked him questions and showed him pictures. He sent us photos too.
It was 10.30pm at night over there and 9.30am in the morning in NZ.
June was another awesome month in Room 1, Miharo.
We helped make pizzas for the Preschool opening. The Duffy Theatre was cool.
I liked the string games. We won lots of games in Rippa Rugby.
We skyped Mr Twinn in Scotland.
I liked lots of things. I like the Duffy Theatre. They were funny.I got my new Duffy book.
We were good at Rippa Rugby . We won most of the games.
I liked making pizzas. They were yum.
I could do lots of shapes in Te Reo Kori with the string games.
The best thing was Skyping Mr Twinn.He showed us outside his house in Scotland
(Hineawe)
We had lots of fun activities this month.I spent the month supporting the children in all the activities
and helping organise many of them such as kai for the preschool opening(Our class made pizzas),
The Duffy Theatre,The Hakinakina Rippa Rugby between 4 other schools and Skyping Mr Twinn
(our ex Student Teacher) in Scotland
(Mrs Bennett)
May
May saw Mr Twinn, Student Teacher and Matua Torp as part of Room 1.We had lots of adventures and learning. We were involved in lots of fun things.
We shared some of our experiences through ,Write about it and Book Creator ipad apps.
Some of those connections, which is what our Inquiry is about this term,
were our trip to Mr McFarlane’s farm where we saw sheep, cows ,bulls and a helicopter.
Seeing Whaea Anne and Harold the giraffe in the Life Education truck taught us
about not bullying and being nice to others.
We had an artist Matua Brandon Blair who came to school to talk about that and get us to draw posters too.
We learnt about and practised using our WITS (Walk away, Ignore, Tell someone eg a teacher
and make a Statement eg ‘Stop it ,I don’t like it.”) from Mrs Bennett.
Some students made connections with Matua Manu and did Nga Toi, making kowhaiwhai patterns on rocks.
We made other connections with the Preschool, Mrs Donaldson, the librarian, our whanau,
Mr Twinn, Matua Torp, our buddies from other classes eg Buddy reading and sharing in oral language in R1,
and Greg Murphy a formula 1 racing car driver (Whaea Monique-student teacher in R2s husband),
who came to school to speak to us and show us all his racing gear. Hohepa tried on his $5,000 helmet.
We also had a school party to say goodbye to Mr Twinn
and Whaea Monique who had been student teachers at our school for 7 weeks.
It was sad to see them go.We hope they come back and visit us.
One of our biggest connections was using Skype. We connected to Mr Twinn’s Dad in Scotland.
It was 10.30pm at night over there and 9.30am in the morning in NZ.
He showed us the model planes that he flies and that we had seen on videos on youtube.
He also showed us a picture of Mr Twinn as a little boy.
We showed him the planes that we had made and sung him our new Riverslea song and Tutira Mai Nga Iwi.
We liked it when the circus came to visit us too. The performers could do all sorts of tricks.
May was an awesome month in Room 1, Miharo.
Farm visit, ipads and connections
Making connections with Mr MacFarlane at the farm.
In the Life Education truck with Whaea Anne learning about being nice to others and not bullying.
Making Finger Puppets. Working with my buddy when a dinosaur walked past.
Writing a stories on the ipad apps Write about It and Book Creator with my buddy.
Watching the circus and doing Jump Rope for Heart with the Preschool.
Working with a buddy sharing ideas.
We had fun doing lots of things.
I liked the trip to the Farm.
I amgetting good on the ipads now.
I am nearly at my goal in reading.
I am just starting Level 10 .
I have gone up in Maths to Stage 2 and can write 3 sentences
and try and spell words by myself.
I liked Skyping Mr Twinn's Dad too.
I did the Jump Rope for Heart with the preschool.
My Mum and Dad came to watch me.
Mum has had her baby now. He is my brother and is called Matariki
(Hineawe)
Hineawe has gone up 4 levels in reading this year and is making steady progress.
She has gone up to stage 2 in Maths and is developing independence in storywriting.
Next I want to accelerate her reading progress. She is working in a group with me and Miss Hall also.
I also want to extend her writing and Maths skills.
She enjoys learning and always tries her best.
Lots of praise and positive reinforcement and motivating work
will help her continue to accelerate her progress.
(Mrs B)
April
We have started studying Matariki this term and our focus is on Connections.We are going to have lots of fun making connections everywhere.
Next week we are going to a farm where Mr Twinn, the student teacher in R1 used to work.
We will make connections with the Farmer Mr McFarlane and the animals.
We have made connections already with the Riverslea Preschool
and with Toni Ben and Graham who come to help us do PMP activities for fitness and coordination.
We also made connections with Wendy and Bridget from the Hastings council.
We picked up Litter around our school.
It was cool meeting Jocelyn Cowan who gave our school a certificate for being Sunsmart.
We also had Whaea Korina our Health Nurse talking about Healthy Foods at Assembly.
We will make lots of other connections this term.
We know what reading levels we are at and have been doing Geometry and Time in Maths.
We know o’clock and half past.
We are all improving in our reading.
We are learning to count and do addition in Maths now.
We are still learning to write FABULOUS stories.
We liked Easter as we made Easter eggs and had lots of chocolate.
We also made a Comic Life about our Geometry shapes that we found outside around the school
and learnt how to make a Puppet Pal presentation on the ipads.
Matua Torp is now working in our class too helping all the tamariki.
(Mrs B)
I liked making Easter eggs. I decorated mine with a vivid.;
I am getting better at reading.
I am nearly on Level 9 now.
I was on Level 3 when I came to Riverslea ( in Feb)
I want to write longer stories in writing
My goal is to spell lots of my own words in my stories.
I found diamond shapes in the fence outside taking photos on the ipads in Maths.
I liked picking up the Litter.
I like balancing on the round thingees in PMP.
(Hineawe)
I want to further extend Hineawe in reading. She is now making steady progress.
Her reading group gets extra support from a Teachers aide.
I want to also extend her interest in spelling most of her own words in story-writing.
Next we will also extend her counting on and developing imaging skills in Mathematics.
(Mrs B)
Maths, PMP,Connections.
A Comic Life with Hemara showing photos of shapes we found outside. Decorating my Easter egg.
Picking up Litter with Whaea Wendy from the Council and Mrs Bennett. Balancing on the stilts in PMP.
March
We have had another busy but fun month in March , with lots of different things happening.We went to the Hakinakina swimming sports at the Aquatic centre on a bus.
We swam with Whare Tapere, Bridge Pa and Mangateretere.
We had fun and loved all the games and free swim.
In the Seniors Exzodia and Mohi-Tarau got lots of certificates.
We got some new lego in the class and had lots of fun building all sorts of things.
We also went on a class trip as we are studying Turangawaewae.
We went to the Transfer Station at Flaxmere. We looked at all the Recycling and the rubbish.
We helped Mrs Versey sort out some recycling and put them in the right bins.
We saw all the rubbish and know what happens to it now.
Afterwards we went to the Hastings skatepark and playground.
We enjoyed it there going up and down all the ramps. We brought our scooters and had lunch there too.
Mrs Versey also came to school and showed us how to make recycled paper. It came out grey.
We also had Mr Mac and Doug the Digger come to Riverslea again
for another Role Model Assembly for Duffy.We got our Duffy books and saw Mr Macs big truck.
We had the Police, Firemen and Ambulance people come and visit us too. That was really cool.
(Mrs B & R1)
I liked the Transfer Station and all the recycling.
I made a house with the lego.
I liked my Duffy books
I'm good on my scooter.I am fast.
I was fast at swimming too.
It was cold in the water.(Hineawe)
Recycling, Swimming and Learning
I liked the swimming. I made a house with the lego
On my scooter at the skatepark. I liked the fire engine when it came to school.
I recycled plastic at the Transfer Station. I am doing Mahi Toi with Matua Manu
February
What a busy but fun start to the school year Room 1 has had.We have had fun improving our skills on the bike track.
That is a goal of many in the class.
We have had lots of testing to see what progress we have made and where to next.
We have set our 3 goals and are trying to achieve them.
We are studying Turangawaewae and focussing on our environment.
Room 1, Miharo, are looking at Recycling.
We know what reading levels we are at and can now do graphs in Maths.
We are learning to count and do addition in Maths now.
We are also learning to write FABULOUS stories.
Below are pictures of the bike track and / or us on ipads learning Literacy and Numeracy on our new app SkoolBo.
Also a picture of the graphs that we can do and a story that we each wrote.
Miharo is cool.
Miharo is awesome. (Mrs B)
I can ride on the Pump Track now but go on the little hills.
I like SkoolBo and other learning apps on the ipad .
I am getting faster at running.
I am learning to spell some of my own words in my stories.
I am at Level 8 in Reading. I was at Level 6 when I came to Riverslea.
I am getting really good at Maths too.
I am at Stage 2. (Hineawe)
Next goals for Hineawe are to write 3 sentences spelling some of her own words in story writing.
Hineawe is counting well up to 30. She needs to extend this to reach her goal of 100 in Maths.
With lots of positive reinforcement and praise and modelling she will improve in those areas.
She is making good progress and enjoys using the ipads to learn.
She is also getting better on the Pump track but still likes going on the smaller hills.
( Mrs B)
Hineawe riding on the bike track. Hineawe learning Maths and Literacy on the ipad app SkoolBo.
Hineawe with her buddy from R2 learning how to do a Comic Life story.
Hineawe writing 2 sentences in a story, with spelling help. Hineawe's Maths bar graph on animals.